Wound Healing and Tissue Repair - MSc
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This newly designed innovative course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people in relation to wound healing and tissue repair....
- Level Postgraduate Taught
- Study mode Part Time
- Location Online Learning
- Award MSc
- Start date February 2023
- Fees View course fees
- School School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Faculty Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences
Overview
This newly designed innovative course has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people in relation to wound healing and tissue repair. This course aims to address the very significant challenges associated with wound healing and tissue repair, providing a global perspective, whilst drawing upon existing expert knowledge and experience of working with international partners. The course team are dedicated and committed staff who are experts in the speciality.
The principal aim of the course is to support and enable you to critically explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin wound healing and tissue repair. This will equip you to embrace a strategic leadership role in the development and delivery of efficient, innovative, evidence based wound care services.
The course will build upon your previous educational and clinical experience, supporting you as a life-long learner. This innovative programme is designed to help you gain a greater understanding of the complexities of a range of wounds and how best to support and enable effective individualised management.
It is suitable for healthcare professionals including nurses, allied health professionals and doctors registered with their relevant professional councils or within their country of practice for international partners.
You will develop a wide range of skills, learn about new and emerging evidence and gain critical understanding in wound healing and tissue repair. You will acquire knowledge to develop and improve clinical practice in the care of people with wounds across the age span. You will critically explore the evidence base towards your provision and delivery of individualised wound healing and tissue repair.
What's covered in this course?
This programme has been designed in collaboration with clinical colleagues and blends erudite, evidence based theoretical approaches with practicalities of service development, effective communication strategies, leadership, development of evaluation skills and person-centred care approaches.
The international dimension of wound healing and repair in different environments and resources underpins this programme. You will identify ways in which you can improve your practice and develop your service delivery whilst enhancing care delivery in order to pioneer new interdisciplinary service developments at the cutting edge of wound healing and tissue repair.
The programme will enable practitioners working in various aspects of care who want to advance their skills, knowledge and practice, with people either with skin integrity issues or wounds.
You will develop critical analytical skills through interactive online learning opportunities, so that you are able to critically examine practices within the context of the legislative and professional frameworks of your own country.
There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, practice development, leadership, transformation and strategic planning.
An important focus will be your development of higher levels of, understanding with decision-making, critical analysis appraisal of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines is a strong theme throughout the course.
Wound healing and tissue repair including a range of aetiologies of wounds will be considered from a strategic global perspective with a focus on education, policy and care delivery, thus facilitating your professional and personal growth.
This course specifically addresses the need to pursue excellence, to be practice-led, and knowledge applied through a flexible provision that encourages you to develop you research and innovation ideas, enabling you to satisfy your individual learning needs, whilst contributing to the area of study.
Why Choose Us?
- This newly designed innovative course has been developed to meet the needs of healthcare practitioners working in the field of wound care field.
- It is offered as a completely online course to facilitate access by healthcare professionals across the globe and delivered by a team of expert practitioners from our Wound Healing Practice Development Unit (WHPDU).
- Our multi professional team comprises medical, nursing, podiatry and other allied healthcare professionals together with colleagues from within the faculty and clinical practice to provide an exciting, interactive course.
- BCU has a specialist Wound Healing Development Unit which helps develop the education provision to meet the needs of patients, carers and staff.
Studying with us during the Covid-19 pandemic
The University has put in place measures in response to Covid-19 to allow us to safely deliver our courses. Should the impact of the pandemic continue in future years, any additional or alternative arrangements put in place by the University will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the student contract.
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Entry Requirements
Entry requirements
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This course is suitable for experienced and employed healthcare professionals who hold current professional registration with a UK regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, GMC) provided that you have: |
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A minimum of three years in your area of clinical practice with a first degree or evidence of recent professionally related study at diploma or degree level OR |
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Accredited degree level study within the last five years. |
International Students
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The course is suitable for experienced professionals employed in health related settings with their own in-country professional registration. |
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A minimum of three years in your area of area of clinical practice and a first degree or evidence of recent professionally related study at diploma or degree level. Or |
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Evidence of study at degree level including in research methods. Additionally A certified ILETS score of 6.0 with nothing below 5.5 is required. |
Fees & How to Apply
UK students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: MSc
Starting: Feb 2023
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Part Time
- 3 years
- £756 per 20 credit module
International students
Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.
Award: MSc
Starting: Feb 2023
- Mode
- Duration
- Fees
- Part Time
- 3 years
- £756 per 20 credit module
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Personal statement
Students are required to submit a personal statement as part of their application for this course.
Your postgraduate personal statement is going to shine a light on your personal experience, academic success, personal skills and any other factors that will support your application for further study.
Here are the key areas you’ll need to address:
Your passion and motivations
Studying a postgraduate course usually means you want to specialise in something. So what’s driving you?
Why this course?
Show that you’ve researched the course offering. What is it about this particular course that appeals to you? Is it the lecturers? The modules? Etc.
What makes you a good postgraduate candidate?
Tutors want to know that you can handle postgraduate study, so show them how your undergraduate experiences or work life has equipped you for a more advanced level of study. Key areas to address are research and group work but this can vary depending on your chosen course.
Relevant academic or work experience
Add anything relevant that relates back to your chosen course and shows how your skills will contribute towards your learning. What extra-curricular activities have you taken part in? What awards have you won? What employment or voluntary experience do you have that has helped you develop transferable skills? How do these specifically relate to the course you are applying for?
You should also mention your future plans and how a postgraduate qualification fits in. Try to look beyond your postgraduate study – do you plan to jump straight into a specific career or follow your studies with a research degree? Lastly, use plain, professional English and, where possible, utilise the language of your chosen industry.
Get more information on writing personal statements.
Course in Depth
Level 7 - Core Modules
Wound Healing and Tissue Repair 20 credits
Quality Improvement in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair 20 credits
Research: Methods of Enquiry 20 credits
Managing Behaviour of Self, Teams and Organisations (Online) 20 credits
MSc Dissertation 40 or 60 credits
Level 7 - Optional Modules
Wounds Affecting the Lower Leg 20 credits
Debridement and Advanced Wound Care 20 credits
Pressure Ulcers: Prevention and Treatment 20 credits
Negotiated Study 20 credits
Prevention, Recognition and Management of Sepsis 20 credits
Safeguarding Contemporary Issues 20 credits
Download course specification
Download nowTeaching Approaches
During the course you will experience a range of learning and teaching approaches delivered online in both a synchronous and an asynchronous manner. You will attend online lectures, discussion forums, small group discussions, simulations and chat facilities with your peers and members of the teaching team. These approaches recognise that students have different learning styles with some reacting best to the voice while others prefer the written word, therefore a range is offered to suit all needs. You will access the learning materials via our Virtual Learning Environment – Moodle, Microsoft Teams and other means subject to the modules undertaken.
In addition to the scheduled teaching, you will be given directed learning activities pre and/or post classroom activities and you will be expected to undertake any reading required e.g., access to policy documents or guidelines. You will also be expected to spend time on your own independent study to give you the opportunity to read around subjects in more depth in preparation for assessment activity. It is expected that you fully engage with all of the resources available to you to maximise your learning opportunities.
The library will play a key role in your learning journey and you will receive both written and verbal guidance regarding accessing library resources.
Guidance
In addition, to the course leader, you will be allocated a personal tutor who will be with you throughout your journey, an important resource and the person to go to if you have concerns, issues or anything that may impact on your successful completion of the course.
Each of the modules is led by a module tutor/convenor and you can discuss any specific issues regarding the module with them as required. They will brief you on the assessment/s associated with each module to ensure you are very clear of the expectations for successful completion. You will be exposed to a range of assessment tasks including presentations, course work, a quality improvement project to name but some – each module has its own assessment and discussion will take place with you to consider your modular choices, to ensure you select the most appropriate offering to balance the associated workload.
The course leader, module tutor/convenor and personal tutor are all available via e-mail, teams or by telephone. Please remember that there is very little that is insurmountable but to help we need to know what is wrong, so do talk to us so we can provide you with the necessary support.
Employability
Employability
The programme will enable practitioners working in various aspects of care who want to advance their skills, knowledge and practice, in working with people with skin integrity issues or wounds. You will develop critical analysis skills through interactive online learning opportunities, so that you are able to critically examine practices within the context of the legislative and professional frameworks of your own country.
There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, practice development, leadership, transformation and strategic planning. An important focus will be your development of higher levels of understanding. Decision-making, critical analysis, appraisal of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines are strong themes throughout the course.
You will consider wound healing and tissue repair including a range of aetiologies of wounds from a strategic global perspective with a focus on education, policy and care delivery, thus facilitating your professional and personal growth.
This course specifically addresses the need to pursue excellence. It is practice-led, and knowledge-applied through a flexible provision that encourages you to develop your research and innovation ideas, enabling you to satisfy your individual learning needs, while contributing to the area of study.
International
Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university in the heart of a modern and diverse city. We welcome many international students every year – there are currently students from more than 80 countries among our student community.
The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK.
Our international pages contain a wealth of information for international students who are considering applying to study here, including:
- Explore some of the good reasons why you should study here.
- Find out how to improve your language skills before starting your studies.
- Find all the information relevant to applicants from your country.
- Learn where to find financial support for your studies.
Facilities & Staff
Our Facilities
Our School of Nursing and Midwifery is based at our City South campus in leafy Edgbaston.
We’ve spent £41million expanding our facilities at City South. These facilities offer hands-on practical experience, replicating the spaces you will come across in professional practice.
In a sector where new techniques are constantly being discovered, we work hard to ensure that you learn using the most up-to-date equipment available. Alongside physical spaces such as a mock operating theatre and wards, we also make use of online and virtual technology, such as our virtual ward and virtual case creator.
See more of our skills facilities at City South
Centre for Skills and Simulation
The Centre for Skills and Simulation offers a range of different spaces which replicate situations that you will encounter in practice. These include hospital wards, an operating theatre and a home environment room.
Our mock wards enable you to get a feel of what a ward is really like before you head out for your first placement. The hospital wards can be adapted from low care to high dependency care environment with the necessary monitoring equipment.
The home environment room is the perfect space for teaching communications skills and allows us to simulate a community setting for our students. It is particularly useful for mental health nurses, learning disability nurses and midwives.
Simulation Manikins
We have several Simulation men (SIM men) and simulation babies (SIM babies) which are anatomically correct manikins used for teaching specific techniques such as advanced adult and paediatric life support skills, acute and high dependency clinical skills, first aid and communication skills. The manikins contain software which replicates real symptoms, and can manipulate indicators such as blood pressure, pulse and heart rate for extra realism. SIM man can even ‘talk’ to the students as they are treating him, to add another dimension to learning.
Computer Facilities
The Seacole building has two open-access IT Suites which offer PCs, printers, photocopiers and scanners. There is also an IT Helpdesk for quick and easy help with your computing or internet issues.
Our PCs utilise the latest Intel i5 core technology, all with:
- Fast (unrestricted) internet connectivity
- Ability to save files to USB, DVD & CD
- Microsoft Office software
- Research and statistical software
- Storage space which can be accessed from any PC across the University and from home
Our PCs are also designed to support students who may have difficulties with reading and writing, featuring specialised software with zooming/magnification and screen reading capabilities, which may also be customised for individual student needs.
In addition to desktop PCs, we also offer a laptop loan facility, allowing students to borrow a laptop for up to six hours while on campus.
Our staff
David Gray
Professor of Wound Study
David Gray graduated as Registered Nurse in 1989 from Foresterhill College, Aberdeen (now Robert Gordon University) and with a Postgraduate Diploma in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair from Cardiff University, in 2010. His interest in tissue viability began in 1986 when, as a first ward student nurse, he developed blisters on both heels. These took...
More about DavidJackie Stephen-Haynes
Professor
Jackie Stephen-Haynes completed her RGN in 1984, specialising in orthopaedics and then, more specifically, rheumatology. Working in a rheumatology specialist unit, her interest in tissue viability began with an audit of wounds and a focus on pressure ulcer prevention. The increasing emphasis on primary care led to Jackie being appointed as the...
More about JackiePaul Chadwick
Visiting Professor in Tissue Viability
Paul Chadwick is the Clinical Director at the College of Podiatry, Principal Podiatrist at Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Managing Director at Curativo Woundcare Consultancy.
More about PaulJoanna Swan
Senior lecturer in Tissue Viability
Jo is qualified as an RGN in 1994 from the Queen Elizabeth College of Nursing in Birmingham and gained a job on a liver unit where her interest in tissue viability (TV) began. Jo became a TV link nurse, a role she carried on into her job as an intensive care nurse. BSc (Hons) in Nursing was completed at BCU, during this time Jo started a critical...
More about JoannaMichael Clark
Professor
Michael Clark is a zoologist by training graduating from the University of Aberdeen with a BSc (Hons) in 1980. He then worked on his PhD at the Scottish Farm Buildings Investigation Unit in Aberdeen being awarded his doctorate in 1983. This work introduced him to soft tissue injury caused by excessive mechanical loading on skin and its underlying...
More about MichaelProfessor Steven Jeffery
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
With 40 years service in the British Army, Lt Col Jeffery is very experienced in the diagnosis and management of all aspects of wounding.
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